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B-25 MITCHELL/44-86777

             
Serial #: 44-86777
Construction #:
  108-47531
Civilian Registration:
  N9167Z
  N345BG
   Model(s):
  B-25J Mitchell
  TB-25J Mitchell
  TB-25N Mitchell
Name: Georgie's Gal
Status: Airworthy
Last Info: 2017
History:
Delivered to U.S. Army Air Force as 44-86777.
  • BOC: July 2, 1945.
  • Assigned to Yuma Army Air Field, AZ.
  • Redesignated as TB-25J, 1946
  • Transferred to Mather Army Air Field, CA, for training, 1946.
  • Transferred to the United States Air Force, September 18, 1947.
  • Transferred to Ellington AFB, TX, February 1950.
  • Transferred to Hayes Aircraft Corporation in Birmingham, AL, 1954.
    • Converted to TB-25N.
  • Assigned to Goodfellow AFB, TX.
  • Stored at Davis Monthan AFB, AZ, December 1958-1959.
Fike Plumbing Inc., Phoenix, AZ, 1963-1966
  • Registered as N9167Z.
James E. Landon, Phoenix, AZ, 1969.
Allan R. & Richard T. Crosby/Crosby Enterprises Inc, Wauwatosa, WI, 1970-1987
  • Flew as 486777/BD-777/The Devil Made Me Do It.
Tom Reilly Vintage Aircraft Inc., Kissimee, FL, 1987-1988.
  • Restored and fitted with glasshouse nose.
Ed Stringfellow/Mid South Lumber Co., Cropwell, AL, June 1988-1992.
  • Flew as Martha Jean.
Executive Aviation, Cincinatti, OH, November 1992-1997.
  • Registered as N345BG, March 1993.
  • Flew as Martha Jean.
Bud Firth/Lost in the Forties Aviation, Baton Rouge, LA, April 22, 1997-1999.
David Wheaton/Blue Yonder Inc., Tulsa, OK, 1999-2010
  • Restored to airworthy, Chino, CA.
  • Flew as 0-486777/MSLC/Martha Jean.
B-25 Mitchell Inc, Tulsa, OK, October 2010-2011.
Liberty Aviation Museum, Port Clinton, OH, April 27, 2011-2017.
  • Overhauled and military equipment added, Chino, CA, 2011-2012.
  • First flight, July 2, 2012.
  • Flown as 486777/Georgie's Gal.
Source(s):
Chapman, John & Goodall, Geoff, Edited by Paul Coggan - Warbirds Directory,Warbirds Worldwide Ltd., Mansfield, England, 1989.
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-4th Edition, 2003.
Photo Source(s):
Richard Huston via Pat Carry.
Jack Cook.
Unknown.
Caz Caswell.
Glenn Chatfield
Eric Dumigan Photography, http://www.airic.ca, 2004
Research Assistance:
Glenn Chatfield
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